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Issue: Roy Thomas Presents Planet Comics #1
Publication Date: September 2012
 
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Indicia Publisher: PS Artbooks Ltd.
On Sale Date: 2012
Volume: 1
Pages: 296
ISBN: 9781848636071
UPC/EAN: 978184863607154799
Price: $47.99 USD
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Content Items: 77 (37 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ? (reprint editor); Thurmond T. Scott (original president); Malcolm Reiss (original editor); William E. Eisner (original art director); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: colour
Dimensions: 7.25" x 10.5"
Paper Stock: bond
Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Planet Comics Jan.

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
Flint Baker
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Lou Fine cover pencil and ink credits confirmed by one-time owner of the original art, Roger Hill, and confirmed to him by a conversation he had with Will Eisner (5 January 2010).
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Morey
Leo Morey
?
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On inside front cover, carried over to first interior page.

Blown up illustration of the second panel, page 3 by Leo Morey from the Flint Baker story in Planet Comics #1.
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Copyright Page

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Credits
typeset
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Special thanks given to Roy Thomas and J. David Spurlock.
Listed as printed in China.
Slipcase ISBN is listed as 978-1-84863-462-6.
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Roy Thomas Presents Planet Comics

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Credits
?; typeset
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In 1939 The New York World's Fair

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nembhard N. Culin
Nembhard N. Culin
Nembhard N. Culin
Nembhard N. Culin
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from a poster print (Nembhard N. Culin, 1939 series)
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Reproduces a 1939 New York World's Fair poster print created by Nembhard N. Culin.
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Foreword by Carmine Infantino

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carmine Infantino
various (see notes)
various (see notes)
various (see notes)
Carmine Infantino (his signature); typeset
Subject Matter
Foreword by Carmine Infantino, recalling his time as a kid reading Planet Comics and how it influenced him years later.
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Includes small cover reproductions of Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine (CJH Publications, 1936 series) #December 1936, Amazing Stories (Experimenter Publishing Company, 1928 series) #August 1928 (Buck Rogers), Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) # 52 (Little Orphan Annie), Large Feature Comics (Dell, 1939 series) #1 (Dick Tracy), and Single Series (United Features, 1938 series) # 20 (Tarzan).
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Planet Comics 1 - 4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
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1
Cover reprints of the first four issues of Planet Comics.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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1
Contents page listings.
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Planet Comics January 1940 - Issue #1

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
typeset
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1
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.

Background image is from page 5 of the Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force in the issue.
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Planet Comics Jan.

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
Flint Baker
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Miscellaneous
1
Lou Fine cover pencil and ink credits confirmed by one-time owner of the original art, Roger Hill, and confirmed to him by a conversation he had with Will Eisner (5 January 2010).
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Read About This Amazing Free Offer

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Morey
Leo Morey
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Originally found on the inside front cover.

Indicia lists Thurmond T. Scott as President, Malcolm Reiss as Editor, Will Eisner as Art Director, and S. M. Iger as Feature Editor.

Illustrated advertisement for a 7" x 9" full color reproduction of the color art to "British Bombers Over Wilhelm Shaven", illustrated by Leo Morey. Readers can send in one coupon from Jumbo, Planet, Fight and Jungle Comics (listing their favorite character from each magazine), OR choose to send in 50 cents total to the publisher.
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The One-Eyed Monster Men from Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Briefer (signed)
Dick Briefer (signed)
Dick Briefer (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker
Fletcher "Flint" Baker (introduction, origin); Harry Parks (freed convict, introduction); Phil Godwin (freed convict, introduction); Cliff Grant (freed convict, introduction, death); Mimi Wilson (New York Globe reporter, introduction); King of Mars [aka the Ruler of Ru] (introduction); Princess Viga (the King's daughter, introduction); Sarko (villain, introduction, death); Sarko's monster horde (villains, many die)
Flint has completed the rocket ship begun by his father and is ready to take off for Mars, but first has three prison convicts freed to serve as his crew. They land on Mars and find the corpse of a former explorer, who leaves a letter warning anyone finding his note to stay away from the dark side of Mars.
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15
Reprint lists writer as unknown.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Malcolm Kildale
Malcolm Kildale
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Auro Lord of Jupiter
Auro [Hardwich] (introduction, origin); Tara (pet saber-tooth tiger); Professor John Hardwich (Auro's father, introduction, death); Mrs. John Hardwich (Auro's mother, introduction, death); Martha Gale (an assistant pilot, introduiction); King of Neptune (villain, introduction)
Early in the twenty-first century, a cruise ship...
After a rocket ship crash that kills his parents, Auro is raised by a saber-tooth tiger. He is approached by a young woman named Martha to help save her friends who have been taken as slaves by the fiendish ruler of Neptune.
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6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ken Jackson (signed)
Ken Jackson ?
Ken Jackson ?
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, science fiction
The Red Comet
The Red Comet (introduction); un-named police captain (introduction); The Munitions King [J.G.] (villain, introduction, death); Munition King's war-profiteers (villains, introduction for all, all die)
Hurtling through space with the speed of light...
While the public is amazed and elated that no crimes have been committed for two weeks, the Police feel that their jobs are less secure because of the crime busting activities of the Red Comet. His magical powers seem to draw him like a magnet to the criminal element, and he has rounded them up with amazing speed, taking each to a different uninhabited but inhabitable planet in the universe and dropping them off to fend for themselves.
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5
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Reprint lists unknown for script and Ken Jackson for pencils and inks.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)
Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force
Captain Nelson Cole (introduction); Bud (Cole's sidekick, introduction); unnamed President of the Solar Congress; Zan (villain, dictator of Volcus, introduction); Zan's woman (villain, introduction); Zan's Army of robots (villains, introduction for all)
Sudden danger threatens the inhabitants of the solar...
The loss of several Solar Ships forces the President of the Solar Congress to appoint Captain Cole to lead a force against the enemies from outer space. They are captured and the dictator, Zan, intends to turn them into dehumanized robots.
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15
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The War Lords of the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer
Spurt Hammond (introduction); The Lunerzons (villains, women warriors, introduction for all); The Mooniacs (villains, introduction for all)
Spurt and his companions must fend off the attacks of the Luzerons, who occupy the polar regions of the Moon, and who are in the business of robbing interplanetary transports.
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7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Buzz Crandall and the Space Patrol
Buzz Crandall (introduction); Dr. Curan (scientist, introduction); Nancy Curan (Dr. Curan's daughter, introduction); The Sharkmen (villains, introduction, death)
Crossing through space in their atom-powered ship, Buzz...
Buzz and his crew must face the Sharkmen, semi-intelligent living under the murky waters of Neptune, who have captured Dr. Curan and other members of his Neptune expedition.
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The Man Who Stole a World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Alvin Charles [as Albert Charles] (signed)
Alvin Charles [as Albert Charles] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Quorak, Space Pirate
Quorak (villain, Earth scientist, introduction); Lt. Gary Blake (introduction); Dean (astronomer, introduction); Joan Perry (introduction, radio operator, only appearance); unnamed World President (introduction)
A former Earth scientist takes up residence on a far distant planetoid, and threatens to rule the universe and destroy all traces of civilization. His first target is the Planet Pluto, which he attempts to pull from its orbit by a strange infra-red ray invention of his.
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12
Reprint lists unknown for pencils and inks.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Fine; Will Eisner
Lou Fine
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle
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1
Illustrated house advertisement for Jungle Comics #1, Fight Comics #1, and Jumbo Comics #11, all covers reproduced.

Originally on inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Originally found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Johnson Smith and Company in Detroit, Michigan, inviting readers to order a wide variety of products, to include a 30-shot B-B pistol, a vest pocket folding camera, an electric telephone set, and much more.
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The Harvey Horrors are Here!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
?
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
horror
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1
Promotional advertisement for the www.harveyhorrors.com website.
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Planet Comics February 1940 - Issue #2

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.

Background image is from page 4 of the Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer story in Planet Comics #2.
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Planet Comics 2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
Flint Baker
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1
Art credits verified by Roy Thomas.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Morey
Leo Morey
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Was originally found on the inside front cover.

Indicia lists Thurmond T. Scott as President, Malcolm Reiss as Editor, William E. Eisner as Art Director, and S. M. Iger as Feature Editor.

Illustrated advertisement from the publisher, repeating the ad from the previous issue, and adding five new pictures of German aircraft. The largest picture is titled "British Bombers Over Wilhelmshaven" by artist Leo Morey, then there are ten postcard sized pictures of British and German aircraft. Readers were advised to send in the coupons from the February issues of Jumbo, Fight, Jungle and Planet Comics with five cents in coin, or just mail in 75 cents to cover the cost.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Herman Bolstein [as Morley Starr (byline)]
George Tuska
George Tuska
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Planet Payson
Planet Payson (introduction); Professor Sandow (astronomer, introduction); Roland (introduction); The Hawkmen (introduction); Buzzlark (villain, introduction, death); Buzzlark's men (villains, introduction for all, many die)
Several miles above sea level towers Prof. Sandow's observatory:
Professor Sandow detects strange flashes among the clouds, so Payson and Roland investigate, and discover a castle on a cloud, where they discover eerie Hawkmen who seek help in eliminating a war between the clouds!
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8
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Reprint volume lists script as unknown.
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Cave of the Demons ["Flint Baker, Mimi, and his two aids plan..."]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Herman Bolstein [as Stari Gayza (byline)]
Arthur Peddy ?; Bob Powell ?
Arthur Peddy ?; Bob Powell ?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Adventures on Mars of ... Flint Baker
Fletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Princess Viga; unnamed Martian scientist (villain, introduction, death); the scientist's monster (villain, introduction, death)
Planning to return to Earth after their adventures on Mars, Flint and Mimi are approached by Princess Viga, who begs them to stay and help defend her people from a terrifying monster.
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Miscellaneous
15
The story title is taken from the original cover blurb.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Reprint volume credits Bob Powell.
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The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick (byline)]
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick (byline)]
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick (byline)]
?
Fletcher Hanks
Subject Matter
science fiction
Tiger Hart of Crossbone Castle on the Planet Saturn
Tiger Hart (introduction); Zip (introduction); Queen Hilda (introduction); Turk the Terrible (villain, introduction); Talon (villain, introduction, death)
Tiger Hart rescues the captive Queen Hilda from the clutches of Turk the Terrible, who is holding her in exchange for the Great Solinoor diamond.
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5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer
Lieutenant Spurt Hammond; Amoura (Queen of Venus, introduction); Prince Khangiz (villain, Red Master of Mars, introduction)
A pound of coal is insignificant, but a...
Spurt is sent to the planet Venus in order to obtain a supply of Radia-Tronite crystal which is needed to supply power to America's generators, leading to a war between America and Mars.
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7
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The Earth Queen's Last Refuge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Don Varick] (credited)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Queen Lais; Commander Lothain; Ma'Gloon (villain, traitor to Earth, death); Betelgeuzians (villains)
The Queen and Commander land on a little known planetoid known as Cathoid after escaping from the Red Fleet of Betelgeux, whose mission is to wipe out all Earth craetures in the universe!
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1.5
Story is continued from Planet Comics #1.
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A Bike for You

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
The last half of page 37 in the original comics (page 115 in the hardcover) features an illustrated advertisement from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, encouraging readers to sell just three magazines for their company, and earn money and prizes for doing so. Ad contains a small stick figure three panel cartoon.
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0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol
Buzz Crandall; Dr. Coran [aka Curan] (scientist); Sandra Coran [aka Curan] (the doctor's daughter); Sinfo (villain, scientist, introduction, death); the Crab-Men (villains, introduction for all)
While at the bottom of the seas that cover...
Buzz, the doctor and his daughter are attacked by mysterious Crab-Men at the bottom of the seas covering Neptune, are captured and taken to the lair of the evil Sinfo, who controls the creatures, and who intends to use his captaives as guinea pigs.
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6
Oddity: In this story, the spelling of the doctor and his daughter's last names are alternately known as "Coran" and "Curan", and the daughter's name is now Sandra (it was Nancy in issue #1).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? [pages 1-9]; Malcolm Kildale [pages 10-15]
? [pages 1-9]; Malcolm Kildale [pages 10-15]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force
Captain Nelson Cole [becomes "Torro" in this story only with magic clothing and whip]; Z-X (Cole's boss); Berton (member of Cole's crew); Ruler of Zog (introduction); a two-headed giant (villain, introduction, death)
Captain Cole, I want you to take a...
Cole is ordered to take a large fleet to the Planet Zog to take on a giant who is extracting tribute from Zog's poor people.
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Miscellaneous
15
The giant's heads are of "husband and wife".

The reprint volume lists only Malcolm Kildale as sole person on pencils and inks.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Herman Bolstein
R. Louis Golden [as R. L. Golden] (signed)
R. Louis Golden [as R. L. Golden] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Auro Lord of Jupiter
Auro [aka Lord of Jupiter]; Ava (introduction); Agra (villain, introduction, death)
Auro is an Earthman who came to Jupiter...
At one of his famed gigantic banquets, Auro is pulled aside by one of the servants, Ava, and told that he must flee before the murderer of her parents, Agra, arrives to kill him.
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6
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

HS notes that, despite the Golden credit, the art looks more like Malcolm Kildale than Golden.

The final panel blurb provides the title to next issue's story, "The Dragon God".
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Fine; Will Eisner
Lou Fine
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle
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Miscellaneous
1
Originally on the inside back cover.

Illustrated house advertisement for Jungle Comics #1, Fight Comics #1, and Jumbo Comics #11, all covers reproduced.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Originally found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Johnson Smith and Company in Detroit, Michigan, inviting readers to order a wide variety of products, to include a 30-shot B-B pistol, a vest pocket folding camera, an electric telephone set, and much more.
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Classic ACG Titles Only from PS Artbooks...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
?
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Promotional advertisement for ACG comic titles reprinted by PS Artbooks.
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Planet Comics March 1940 - Issue #3

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Powell ?
? [shop]
?; typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.

Background image is from the first panel on the original page 12 of the The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker story in Planet Comics #3.
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The Weird Void of Outer Space

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
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Miscellaneous
1
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Calling All Manhunters! Can You Solve a Crime?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?; mostly typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
Bull's-Eye Bannon
Bull's-Eye Bannon
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1
Originally found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated promotional advertisement and contest from the publisher, offering $25 in prize money plus a membership in the new exclusive Junior Detective MANHUNTER Agency. Readers are told that each month Bull's-Eye would present a new case in the form of a strip at the bottom of a page in Planet, Jumbo, Jungle and Fight Comics which the readers would examine, then write out their solution to the case and submit it to the publishers along with the coupons found in each of those issues. The best solution gets $5, while the next 20 get $1 each. Deadline is March 1, 1940.

Indicia lists Thurmond T. Scott as President, Malcolm Reiss as Editor, William E. Eisner as Art Director, and S. M. Iger as Feature Editor.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Herman Bolstein [as Starr Gayza (byline)]
Witmer Williams?; Bob Powell ?; Dick Briefer ?
? [shop]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker on Pluto
Fletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Plutonian King (villain, introduction); The Plutonians (villains, introduction for all)
Bidding goodbye to their Martian friends and Princess...
Instead of returning to Earth, Mimi sets the controls to alter the course and they land on Pluto, out of fuel. Immediately, Flint is attacked by weird half-man, half-amphibian creatures and captured.
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13
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

This reprint credits Powell with pencils.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Wilson Locke (byline)]
?; shop
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Amazona (introduction; origin); Blake Manners (newspaperman, explorer, introduction, only appearance); Hennigan (Blake's newspaper Editor, introduction); unnamed cab driver (introduction); gang of jewel robbers (villains, introduction for all, most die)
In the vast cold reaches of the far...
Amazonia and her people, the last survivors of a super race that perished during the period of the last ice age, and who live in the far north reaches of the Arctic, are visited by the only survivor of an expedition. Wanting to return to America, a land they know nothing about, Blake soon finds himself accompanied on the trip by Amazona, who is bored with her true home.
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12
This reprint credits Blum with the pencils.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ken Jackson ? [as Major Thorp] (signed)
Ken Jackson ?; Alex Blum ?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Red Comet
Red Comet; Golo (villain, ruler of the giants, introduction); the Giants (villains, introduction for all, many die)
Red Comet, mystery explorer of the universe, cruising...
While crusing the universe, Red Comet gets a strange message from a ruler on Jupiter, who challenges the entire solar system to battle with his forces.
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Miscellaneous
5
Hames Ware suggested Don Lynch or Newt Alfred as possibilities for penciler.

Script and penciler credits from this reprint.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Spurt Hammond, Planet-Flyer
Spurt Hammond; Princess Zilla (introduction); Radgio (villain, Zilla's Prime Minister, introduction, death); Radgio's Councilmen (villains, introduction for all); Radgio's monsters (villains, introduction for all, some die)
...is passing through space within the orbit of...
While cruising near Mercury, Spurt's Astragraph picks up the images of a young girl being roughly seized by brutal captors, and heads to the planet to investigate. He saves Princess Zilla, and learns that her Prime Minister is turning people into monsters, seeking to conquer the world.
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7
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The Lizard-Men of Alpha Astra

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lin Davies] (credited)
? (spot illustrations)
? (spot illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Dexter Ames; Doctor Phillips; Cara Phillips (the doctor's daughter); Sept Morgan (ship's Engineer); Gunner Hatch (crew member); The Lizard Men (villains, many die)
Ames and Phillips visit a mystery planet and come face to face with rodent-faced Lizard Men!
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2
Story occurs in the year 21,000 A.D.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol
Lieutenant Buzz Crandall; Sabdra Coran; Moon Bats (villains); Lunar Land Squid (villain, death)
Lieutenant of the Space Patrol, Buzz Crandall's life...
Sandra and Buzz report to Post 82 on the Moon, and discover that all communication with Post 83 has been cut off, so the pair go and investigate.
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5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Beekman Terrill (byline)]
Leonard Frank
Leonard Frank
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force
Captain Nelson Cole; unnamed Chief of the Solar Force; Felon (villain, space pirate leader, introduction, death?); Space Pirates (villains, introduction for all, many die)
Pirate ships attack defenseless space transports.
The Chief of the Solar Force puts Captain Cole in charge of finding the space pirates that are attacking defenseless space transports.
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Miscellaneous
12.75
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The Case of the Diamond Death: Case 1: File-A: Clue No. 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Powell
Bob Powell
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Bull's-Eye Bannon
Bulls-Eye Bannon; Tom Peerce (mention only, death); Bonse (villain); two unnamed criminals (villains)
Bannon captures the last suspect in the murder of Tom Peerce.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Herman Bolstein
R. Louis Golden [as R. L. Golden] (signed)
R. Louis Golden [as R. L. Golden] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Auro Lord of Jupiter
Auro (King of Jupiter); Auro's unnamed guard; The Dragon Man (villain, introduction, death)
Auro, an Earthman, is King of Jupiter, by...
A strange character approaches Auro's throne and asks him of he intends to wipe out a dragon responsible for the deaths of many of Auro's people. Soon Auro learns that this man, called the Dragon Man, is, in fact, the dragon.
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Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

The blurb of last issue's story indicated that the story for this issue was "The Dragon God."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction, science and technology
Mysteries of the Universe
There is no surface on the sun, it...
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Illustrated, two panel factual information featurette on the origin of the Earth and the fact there is no surface to the Sun.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?; photo ?
?; photo ?
?
typeset
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Illustrated advertisement from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, asking readers to mail in a coupon, requesting the 32-page prize booklet, full of valuable prizes, which can be won if they agree to sell the company's three publications.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles Sultan; Will Eisner
Charles Sultan; Will Eisner
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Illustrated house advertisement for Jungle Comics #3 (Charles Sultan art), Fight Comics #3 (Will Eisner art), and Jumbo Comics #13 (Will Eisner art), all covers reproduced with on sale dates. Readers are asked to read all four (including unseen Planet Comics) and join in the new Manhunter contest.

Originally found on the inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?; ? (photos)
?; ? (photos)
?
typeset
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1
Originally found on the back cover.

Illustrated and photographic advertisement from Remington Rand, Inc., telling readers how to get a free trial of their new portable typewriter, and how they can also purchase a desk to put it on for $1.00.
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Roy Thomas Presents The Heap

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
?
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
horror
The Heap
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1
Promotional advertisement for The Heap reprint title by PS Artbooks.
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Planet Comics April 1940 - Issue #4

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Blum ?; Dan Zolnerowich ?
Dan Zolnerowich ?; ? [shop]
typeset
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1
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.

Background image is from the first panel on the original page 2 of the The Red Comet story in Planet Comics #4.
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Slave Planet; Space Islands of Destruction

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles Sultan
Charles Sultan
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
Flint Baker
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1
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Wanted!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
Bull's-Eye Bannon
Bull's-Eye Bannon
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1
Originally found on the inside front cover.

Indicia lists Thurmond T. Scott as President, Malcolm Reiss as Editor, William E. Eisner as Art Director, and S. M. Iger as Feature Editor.

Illustrated promotional advertisement and contest from the publisher, offering $25 in prize money plus a membership in the new exclusive Junior Detective MANHUNTER Agency. Readers are told that each month Bull's-Eye would present a new case in the form of a strip at the bottom of a page in Planet, Jumbo, Jungle and Fight Comics which the readers would examine, then write out their solution to the case and submit it to the publishers along with the coupons found in each of those issues. The best solution gets $5, while the next 20 get $1 each. Deadline is May 1, 1940.

On sale date for Planet #5 (May, 1940) is listed as April 15th.
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Slave Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Herman Bolstein [as Starr Gayza (byline)]
Arthur Peddy
Arthur Peddy; ?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
Fletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Parks (crew member); "The Great Eye" (villain, introduction, death?); "The Great Ear" (villain, introduction); "The Great Mouth" (villain, introduction); space monsters (villains, creatures, some die)
Flint and Mimi, are returning from an adventure on a distant planet...
On their way back to Earth, Flint and Mimi are attacked by a space monster as they pass the planet Jupiter, and when others threaten,the crew decides to land on Jupiter. There they face a threat of The Great Eye, The Great Ear and The Great Mouth.
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The story title is taken from the original cover.

HS notes that the last three pages show evidence of Eisner.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Herman Bolstein [as Nick Charles (byline)]
Bob Powell
Bob Powell
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Auro Lord of Jupiter
Auro [also as Thogra]; Jano (Prince of Saturn, introduction); Thogra (villain, Jano's uncle, a Saturnian, introduction, death)
Auro and his loyal followers save the universe...
The people inhabiting Auro's planet gather to watch a strange space ship hurtling from space and landing into a lake. When Auro investigates, he discovers the ship contains a young Prince of Saturn who was shot into space by his madman uncle.
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Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ken Jackson [as Arthur King (byline)]
Alex Blum ?; Dan Zolnerowich ?
Dan Zolnerowich ?; ? [shop]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Red Comet
The Red Comet; unnamed Earth explorers
The traveler through space, whose magic prowess adds...
While cruising in outer space, he Comet spots an Earth ship heading directly toward Vegeto: The Planet of Deadly Planets, and he decides to follow them down and save them before the planet's vegetation destroys them.
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5
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.

Oddity: The Red Comet shrinks down and communicates with termites (ala Ant-Man).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Beekman Terrill (byline)]
Charles Sultan
Charles Sultan
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force
Captain Nelson Cole; Felon (villain)
A banquet celebrating the third centenary of the...
As Captain Cole is being recognized as guest of honor at the Third Centenary of the Solar Police Force, suddenly a death ray strikes and kills a number of dancers, then seeks him out. Cole investigates the ray and discovers that his enemy, Felon, is behind it, so Cole follows his foe to Earth, offering his services to aggressor nations.
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Art credits from this reprint.
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Mist Men of Mercury

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Arnot Bissel] (credited)
Gene Fawcette ? (spot illustrations)
? (spot illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Kirk; Hoffer (scientist); the Mist Men
Kirk was spinning out of control through space after escaping from a concentration camp on Earth, being placed there by a mad dictator who was going to execute him for a crime he never committed. He lands on Mercury by chance and discovers the eerie Mist Men.
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Space Islands of Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Wm. S. Mott (byline)]
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer
Spurt Hammond; Janice Dale (introduction); Mercurian pirates (villains, introduction for all)
In the offices of the American Interspace Lines...
Spurt is sent by his superior ot Mercury to battle the dreaded beaked men who wear detachable bat wings and have been attacking the commerce routes and taking hostages for ransom.
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Story title is taken from the original cover blurb.

Story occurs in the year 25000.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol
Lieutenant Buzz Crandall; Doctor Curan [aka Curran]; Sandra Curan (the doctor's daughter); Dr. Zynnon (villain, introduction, death)
Adventure at the center of the Moon.
Dr. Curan brings desperate news from the Earth to Lt. Crandall that the Moon is going to explode due to the build-up of hydrogen gas at its core. Unfortunately for them, one of the passengers invited along for the trip, Dr. Zynnon, has an intense hatred for mankind and seeks to destroy them.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Stan Ford (byline)]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Kenny Carr of the Martian Lancers
Captain Kenny Carr (introduction); Dwight (Carr's service buddy); unnamed Colonel; enemy soldiers (villains, half die)
Kenny Carr's term of enlistment with the service has ended -- and he intends to go back to Earth...
Kenny's term of enlistment in the service has ended and he intends to return to Earth, even though the Colonel and Dwight scheme to get him to re-enlist. Unbeknownst to them, their plot turns out to be for real and Carr re-ups to help repel the invaders.
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4
Only appearance, even though the story seems to imply that this is a continued story from somewhere, and the final blurb indicates that Carr will return in the next issue.

This reprint lists Larry Antonette as penciler.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Fred Nelson (byline)]
Ray Burnley ?
Ray Burnley ?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Gale Allen of the Women's Space Battalion
Gale Allen and the Women's Space Battalion (introduction for all); Captain Jack North (Universal Space Patrol member, introduction); The Plutonians (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Captain Jack North of the Universal Space Patrol...
Awaiting the return of a scouting party, North receives an urgent SOS from the group, stating that they were captured by pirates from Pluto. North asks the commandant for help and Gale Allen and her Women's Space Battalion arrive to help out, much to his disdain.
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4
On the original cover, this feature is billed as "Gale Allen of the Girls' Space Patrol."

Reprint lists "R. A. Burley" as penciler.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [by Lunar] (signed)
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction, science and technology
Space Facts
The Ancient Egyptians believed that the Milky Way...
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0.75
Amazing space facts are presented in four separate illustrated panels.
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Case 2....File-A....Clue 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Powell
Bob Powell
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
The Case of the Frightened Killer
Bull's-Eye Bannon; Nora Earl (Dean's daughter-in-law); Clarence Dean (Earl's younger son); Miss Kane (a nurse)
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The 4th and final clue is provided in Case 2 and which Junior Manhunters of American are asked to solve and discover the identity of the true guilty person.
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The Strongest Man in the Universe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Ned Small (byline)]
Alex Blum ?
Alex Blum ?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Jim Giant, the Strongest Man in the Universe
Jim Giant (introduction); an unnamed dictator to be (villain, introduction)
Giant must face fierce men from the North Pole who travel in strange land sleds that can reach speeds of 100mph and are armed with ray guns, who suddenly attack North America.
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5
Art revision from Alex Blum to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Blum did not work on this feature and no extant evidence exists that proves otherwise.

Only appearance, even though the final blurb indicates that Giant will back in the next issue.

Reprint pencils and inks listed as by Alex Blum.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
various
various
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle
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Miscellaneous
1
Originally found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated house advertisement for Jungle Comics #4 (Charles Sultan ? art), Fight Comics #4 (Lou Fine art), and Jumbo Comics #14 (Bob Powell art), all covers reproduced with on sale dates. Readers are asked to read all four (including unseen Planet Comics) and join in the new Manhunter contest.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Originally found on back cover.

Photo illustrated advertisement from the Book Coupon Exchange in New York City, offering to Planet Comics' readers the opportunity to get the works of 25 great authors in 25 giant volumes. By sending in the coupon provided, the reader will receive the first volume, "The Complete Works of Shakespeare", in advance, then submit payment within one week for 89 cents (for the regular edition) or $1.39 (for the deluxe edition). Once payment is received, the reader will receive a form for future books in the series.
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Planet Comics Only from PS Artbooks...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
?
?
typeset
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1
Promotional advertisement for Fiction House Magazines reprints.
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1949 - 2009 Fantasy & Science Fiction

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
various (see notes)
various (see notes)
?
typeset
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1
Promotional advertisement for the book reprinting the cover art and profiles of their creators from Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine. Numerous covers reproduced in thumbnail size.
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Available Now from PS Artbooks

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
Keith Page
Keith Page
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
horror
The Soho Devil!
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1
Promotional advertisement for The Soho Devil graphic novel, The Casebook of Bryant and May (PS, 2013 series).
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Only Available from PS Artbooks

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
Frank Hampson
Frank Hampson
?; Frank Hampson ?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
A promotional advertisement for the creator profile book Frank Hampson, Tomorrow Revisited.
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Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
2
On last interior page, carried over to last inside back cover.

Blown up illustration of the second panel, page 5 from the Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol story in Planet Comics #3.
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January to April 1940, Issues 1 - 4

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
?
t
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

Barcode and cover reproductions of the first four issues of Planet Comics.

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